Icelanders looking for 50% pay rise
About one-third of Iceland’s workforce are demanding to receive pay rises of as much as 50 per cent, in a move that threatens to have major consequenc...
Politics
Information and news on politics in Iceland, Scandinavia and Northern Europe
Mackeral quota bill draws big petition
The Alþingi is under pressure to reconsider a bill that will significantly alter the mackeral quota, which will set limits for the next five years. An...
National strike action snowballs.
More people have joined the strike action that is gripping Iceland, as CR Trade Union, the Icelandic Nurses Association and Flóabandalagið (the Comme...
Vet strike leads to Iceland burger crisis
A veterinarian strike in Iceland is leaving burgers lovers in the country faced with the possibility of not being able to get a hold of their favourit...
Pirate Party now Iceland’s most popular
Local poling has revealed that the Icelandic Pirate Party is now the country’s biggest political party after a further surge in its popularity. The pa...
Iceland revokes law allowing citizens to kill Basques
Authorities in Iceland have revoked a 400-year-old law that allowed citizens to kill Basques on sight. For the past four centuries, people in Iceland ...
Denmark to clamp down on animal-sex tourism
Danish lawmakers have approved a motion to ban bestiality in a bid to combat animal-sex tourism. The move means that anyone found guilty of partaking ...
Progressive Party member: EU membership referendum ‘unlikely’
A referendum on whether Iceland should join the European Union (EU) is unlikely to take place, according to Progressive Party member Karl Gardarsson. ...